Militech Chronicles II

Calian POV

"Hold on for just a second, this Fourth Corporate War, you mean corporations can wage wars against each other?" I asked it, because if they can, then it's really absurd, beyond absurd, that's totally illegal. Shouldn't there be international laws forbidding that or had all the corporations and companies bribed them to death.

"Ehm... looks like corporations are the kings of this world, the sharks in the ocean and the lions in the savanna, without corporations, countries are simply nothing. Corporations produced all the weapons, produced all the machinery, produced all the vehicles, and most importantly, they own all the money in the world, nothing is illegal for the rich and nothing is legal for those whom provoke them, that should sum things up," Ariane said everything that needs to be said.

That's brutal, very barbaric, a true representation of the laws of the jungle, thankfully, that's not how corporations are in the main world or we'll be sitting on a nuke ready to blow. "Basically, these corporations can bypass and warp the laws? What about the country's firepower, capitalism at its peak in the last life, it could still be easily crushed under tax evasion by the IRS, why not this world?" Crynn asked a key question as well, I'm feeling a lot of loopholes in this world.

"We're getting very off-tracked here but... I found something, it turns out that the beginning of the rise of corporations began with the World Market Collapse of 1993 where the entire world from one corner to another became poor, very poor, the World Economy collapsed in a day like butter on a frying pan."

"Nations could no longer structure their economy, nor fund their programs, facilities, and most importantly militaries. Hundreds to thousands of large corporations also went down with an exception, those whom survived will survive to be the apex predator, with the fall of many behemoths, small ants began to see the rise to power."

"They exited the mounds they were in to invade the vulnerable state of this world, politicians, law-makers, peace-keepers, government authorities all fell poor, and we all know those once rich and fell into a state without money would do anything to regain their wealth. And so, these small corporations took advantage of that and bribed everyone, bribed the president, bribed the king, bribed the chancellor."

"No one is left unbribed as corporations officially and unofficially took the place as the world leaders behind the board, okay that's it," that is very grim, though I'm now more interested than ever. "What is this World Market Collapse, the causes of it, even the Great Depresion which impacted the US and Europe shouldn't be this jarring."

"Can we please get back to Militech, I haven't got all day and frankly, I don't think we should be analyzing this world's economic structure, should we?" Ariane said, oh fine, I was just thinking of starting a mega company but whatever. "Ahem... Go on," Crynn cleared his throat and motioned Ariane to continue.

"Where was I again? Oh right, Fourth Corporate War, so, CINO and OTEC is very much against each other in all out naval warfare which is what they specialize in and when things started getting way too out of hand when their war escalated into civilian territory and bypassing the land of different nations, the World Government or simply the UN took action and immediately called for a stop."

"Oh guess what, the two corporations don't seem to care that much with officials bribed to brim, but even the officials were faced under pressure by the higher-ups of the higher-ups of the higher-ups, director of the World Government and the entire World Government which seems to be very bribe-resistant."

"Seeing their warning not taken any bit seriously, they began to get serious themselves, deploying armed troops to forcefully stop the two parties. And they did, Both corporations couldn't hold a candle against the true might of the World Government, and thus surrendered into negotiation where they escaped with multiple of their assets seized."

"But behind the scenes, the conflict wasn't over yet, peace between CINO and OTEC is just the tip of the iceberg. Let's remember who is the backers of the two corporations? Militech and Arasaka, two gigantic giants unwilling to admit defeat. And thus, they are still at war, albeit in secret with multiple of their assets and facilities suffering 'accidents' over the days to months."

"But one day, Arasaka conducted a surprise attack on Militech's Night City Office marked the beginning of a new extreme which opened a new door to three months worth of covert operations against each other. But it ultimately ended when Arasaka figured, this war of shadows is getting a bit boring, why don't we start a real war instead!"

"And so, real war starts. Firstly, Arasaka slaughtered and destroyed a Militech factory in Virginia and Militech gained vengeance by massacring and burning down Arasaka's factory in Yokohama, let's just say, this war is quickly getting out of hand and attacks against each other have became a habit for everyone to watch."

"Did you know that space travel is apparently normal in 2022, I did not, I just knew that when I read that the war is not only going on down on the spheres of Earth but also above it in space with Arasaka's and Militech's space forces taking out each other's satellites, space stations, and space ships."

"At this point, I'm speechless that the very powerful World Government hasn't intervened with Militech's Los Angeles Office in shambles and Arasaka's Paris Headquarters poisoned to death by toxic gas. And what do you know, Chicago had now become the new Berlin of World War Two with Arasaka Parading in troops sieging the city and Militech's forces in two protect it. Two of the Nomad Nations were called in and together, repelled and demolished the invading Arasaka forces."

"And oh finally! The great savior is here, the World Government finally reacted to this issue and yet again called for a stop. Like any arrogant corporations would do, they ignored the warning. Just the day after the command of a stop was issued, Militech launched an ICBM full with bioplague at Busan where Arasaka's forces are stationed at, effectively killing everyone in the city and till this day, it has became a designated hell scape in which the Korean government deemed unhabitable and restricted."

"Here comes the fun part, the World Government finally joined into the fray."

(A.N : If your read the Cyberpunk wiki, then you might find the next bit of the story dissimilar, this is because I want to give the government bodies a chance and don't want the corporations to see the world as their playground. So, I buffed the UN (World Government) a bit and let the World Government join into a battle that was supposed to only be a battle between two corporations on the wiki, but I'm making my own development here.)

(Anyway, yes I took the information from Cyberpunk Fandom cause Fandom's the best place to find information on franchises, you don't actually need to play the game or read the wiki to read this arc of the fanfic, because I'm trying to introduce the world step by step because as you can see, the characters in this arc have no idea about the world they're in, and so I want to explain the world through them which should ease your understanding of this world which I'm planning to make a long arc of.)

(Thank you)